Musicians to go up against X Factor winner

She says she's been 'blessed'

Marr takes to Twitter to vent his frustration against the Prime Minister

A few months ago, I managed to smuggle a track by Oneohtrix Point Never onto an Uncut CD; a David Bowie-themed compilation of vaguely futuristic music. Oneohtrix is the project of a guy based in New York called Daniel Lopatin, who reconfigures various kosmische tropes with some ‘80s sci-fi vibes and comes up with a kind of New Age music for underground noise fans.

Album Number Four on the Uncut Music Award 2010 shortlist. Here's what the judges said about The Coral's "Butterfly House"...

They're playing across the country next March

Canadian's play London's O2 Arena

He plays the venue with Mick Taylor and Dick Taylor

Moving on, today Beach House's third album goes under the critical microscope...

With the new issue onsale, Top 50 of the year inside and all, plus the whole Uncut Music Award business, it occurs to me I should hunker down and prepare a Wild Mercury Sound 2010 chart.